Crime & Safety
Police Find 1000 Grams of Marijuana, 2 Handguns; 2 Men Charged
Two Evanston men face felony drug charges after police executed a search warrant at 819 Seward St. Friday afternoon.
Evanston police charged two men with dealing marijuana after they found more than 1000 grams of cannabis and two handguns in a house on Seward Street.
Officers executed a search warrant at 819 Seward St. around 1:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, as part of a drug investigation, according to police. They arrested two men who live there and who police believe were selling marijuana.
Jemehl A. Davenport, 25, was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with a previous conviction, two counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis and one count of possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's ID.
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Tashwan V. Owen, 24, was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of cannabis and possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's ID.
Both men are scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29.
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